Jamie Kamph (11 results)

paperback. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 144 pages. Tricks of the Trade considers what is not taught - but probably should be - about binding and rebinding books. Written for competent binders and knowledgeable collectors, it brings quirky but effective binding techniques out of obscurity and into the professional repertory. Here are tricks binders can use to polish and refine their bindings, as well as suggestions for repairs that may add value to collections. Using photographs of her own bindings as illustrations, Jamie Kamph discusses decorative techniques, sources for design ideas, engineering concerns, and ways to both correct and avoid common mistakes. In addition to providing practical solutions, Kamph's advice delves into the grey area between technical discipline and artistic invention. Detailed instructions and drawings describe binding practices such as corner shaping, headbanding, rebacking, and recasing books. An extensive discussion of gold tooling presents the authors own techniques, a "cheater's guide" of short-cuts, and a chart listing the many variables involved and showing how they relate to one another. Kamph tells the stories of many of her own bindings, including a step-by-step discussion of restoring a first edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language. An initial chapter, "How I Got Here," follows the author's history from writer and publisher to bookbinding student. While working in publishing, she was asked to write a magazine article about hand bookbinding, and she was hooked. She was introduced to Hope Weil and worked in her studio until she felt competent to set up her own business in the 18th-century barn on her New Jersey farm. Jamie Kamph has worked for preeminent collectors, including William Scheide and Robert Taylor. Her design bindings are in many private collections and such institutions as Princeton University Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Thomas J. Watson Library, The Pierpont Morgan Library, the New York Public Library, and the Bridwell Library at the University of Texas in Austin. Other bindings of hers have been exhibited in Guild of Book Workers' and Designer Bookbinders' exhibits. Her previous book is A Collector's Guide to Bookbinding (1982). Bookbinding (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Gently used with no markings in text. Binding is tight.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 150 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

cloth, dust jacket. 10 x 8 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. "The color images of the books.have been laid out in a pleasing progression that evokes moving through an actual physical exhibition. Cover Stories was so expertly planned and written that the images of the covers and the stories that Kamph narrates about them are inseparable. Readers can page through the book seeking a favorite cover-there are many gorgeous choices-but likely you will end up deciding that it is the combination of the author's style as a writer, as a designer, and as a talented craftsperson that will make this book a favorite on your bookshelf." - Barbara Hebard, Guild of Book Workers Newsletter - Number 285, April 2026 Cover Stories is about life as a bookbinder. It is not a book about binding methods and techniques. It is not "how to," but rather, "why?" What inspired a particular design? How does it fit into its cultural context? Who bought it for what purposes? There are rescue stories. There are tales of extravagance. There are scenes of family life. Over 100 color photographs illustrate a 50-year continuum of bookbinding experiences that add up to a life of joy and accomplishment. This is a book about making, unmaking, and remaking books. It is about the making, unmaking, and remaking of a woman who loves books. It is about learning, understanding, invention, and creativity. There are lessons in recombining what lies in front of us and restoring what seems most fragile. It is encouragement, not instruction. "Illustrators pick and choose a passage suitable for a visual commentary. Binders evoke the entirety of a text and acknowledge its physical properties in this or that edition, if not in a particular copy with distinctive attributes. Clearly, Jamie relishes that part of the process, and explains here how she arrived at her binding designs by trial and error, happy accidents, literary research, and structural considerations." - from the Foreword by John Bidwell Jamie Kamph has been an editor, writer, and publisher with a small book-packaging company in New York City. Book collecting led her into bookbinding. After an informal apprenticeship with Hope Weil, she set up a bindery in an 18th-century barn on her New Jersey farm. Her design bindings are in many private collections and such institutions as The Pierpont Morgan Library, Princeton University Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Thomas J. Watson Library, the New York Public Library, and the Bridwell Library at the University of Texas in Austin. Other bindings have been exhibited in Guild of Book Workers' and Designer Bookbinders' exhibits. The binding of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn received first prize in the Helen Warren DeGolyer Competition in 2003. Oak Knoll Press also published her earlier books, A Collector's Guide to Bookbinding (1982) and Tricks of the Trade: Confessions of a Bookbinder (2015). Bookbinding (illustrator).…

Condition: very_good. Book has little sign of wear or use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed at the Bird & Bull Press at North Hills, Pa. The text was composed in Van Dijck types by Mackenzie-Harris Corp. and Printed on mouldmade Ingres paper. This is copy no. 136. Light rubbing and toning and foxing to the top page edges. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost. Please note that the buyer is responsible for any customs duties, tariffs, or import fees levied by the destination country.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages. Illustrated by Rosemary Tottoroto (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, Limited. First edition, hardcover bound by Fritz & Trudi Eberhardt, and marked as limited no. 158/250. The book has mild wear to the spine ends and cover corners, faint rubbing to the covers, a shallow crease to the upper corner of fifteen pages, and a previous owner's brief penciled note to the head of the second free end page. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good copy. Tottoroto, Rosemary (illustrator).…

40 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards. First edition; an unnumbered review copy. Bookplate; very slightest of sunning near the spine; otherwise fine. Printed at the Bird & Bull Press.

Paper-Covered Boards. Condition: Nearly Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. A finely-crafted little book. 250 copies were printed at the Bird and Bull Press at North Hills, Pennsylvania. Text composed in Van Dijck types by Mackenzie-Harris Corporation and printed on mouldmade Ingres paper. Bound by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt. This is copy #79. Illustrations in the book are by Rosemary Tottoroto. 40pp. Size: Thin Octavo.…

Octavo. 40 pp. Illustrations by Rosemary Tottoroto. With an index and glossary of terms. Printed on mould-made Ingres paper at the Bird and Bull Press. Tan cloth over reddish-brown boards. Spine stamped in burgundy and front cover in blind. A fine copy. One of 250 copies.

2. New Castle ( Delaware ) , Oak Knoll Books, printed at the Bird & Bull press at North Hills ( Pa ), in-8°, 23,5 x 14 cm, 40 pp, printed in 250 numbered copies on mouldmade Ingres paper. Bound by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt in half cloth, boards covered with Old Rose coloured paper, frontcover blindstamped. Fine copy of the first hardback edition.…